As a Crohn's disease sufferer who was misdiagnosed for years (including being advised to see a psychiatrist and to work on my marriage) I have lots of unfunny stories. Here's a funny one that happened in my 20's, when I had 3 wisdom teeth extracted: The dentist's office forgot to tell me to use ice packs to keep the swelling down, so I b…
As a Crohn's disease sufferer who was misdiagnosed for years (including being advised to see a psychiatrist and to work on my marriage) I have lots of unfunny stories. Here's a funny one that happened in my 20's, when I had 3 wisdom teeth extracted: The dentist's office forgot to tell me to use ice packs to keep the swelling down, so I blew up like a balloon. It was really bad the next day, but fortunately, I was still off from work. I decided to go to a movie to distract myself from the swelling. I arrived at the theater an hour early and walked around the shopping mall to kill time before the movie. A market researcher approached me for a survey. I agreed but said, "I hope you can understand me because I had three wisdom teeth pulled yesterday." The market researcher said, "I'm so relieved. I was afraid that a nice young lady like you was chewing tobacco!"
Even though I dutifully iced after my wisdom teeth removal, I still had major cheek swelling. On my first day back at the office, I had a meeting with a senior executive and was sitting across from him. In the middle of a discussion about the project I was handling, he looked at me and said “Sorry, CSU, but you really do look like a chipmunk.”
As a Crohn's disease sufferer who was misdiagnosed for years (including being advised to see a psychiatrist and to work on my marriage) I have lots of unfunny stories. Here's a funny one that happened in my 20's, when I had 3 wisdom teeth extracted: The dentist's office forgot to tell me to use ice packs to keep the swelling down, so I blew up like a balloon. It was really bad the next day, but fortunately, I was still off from work. I decided to go to a movie to distract myself from the swelling. I arrived at the theater an hour early and walked around the shopping mall to kill time before the movie. A market researcher approached me for a survey. I agreed but said, "I hope you can understand me because I had three wisdom teeth pulled yesterday." The market researcher said, "I'm so relieved. I was afraid that a nice young lady like you was chewing tobacco!"
Even though I dutifully iced after my wisdom teeth removal, I still had major cheek swelling. On my first day back at the office, I had a meeting with a senior executive and was sitting across from him. In the middle of a discussion about the project I was handling, he looked at me and said “Sorry, CSU, but you really do look like a chipmunk.”